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1 VOLUME XXXIV. FARMERS UNITED IN DIPPING MATTER They Are Mutually Agreeing ^ They Will Not Dip Cattle . in 1920 ? NOTICE NOW SERVED REQUIRING DIPPING I * General Stock Law Goes Into Effect Next Year?Farmers Refer to This It e as on. ft An article in the last issue of the i Herald stated that about one hundred farmers in a section of Bucks Township around Cedar Grove, had sgned an agreement that they would not dip their cattle this season and vould contest the law in the Courts taking the matter to the Supreme Court for a final decision if necessary. This news item created some interest, especially in nearby parts of the County. Since last week there has been further developments. Sometime ago Mr. W. J. Hendricks received notice requiring him to clean out the vat on the E. R. Singleton place and have things in readiness by April 14th for dipping. The middle of last week H. N. Sessions, representing the State Veterinarian, served notice on Ita.lv Johnson. W -I 1-Tonrlrinlrc J. F. Hendricks, Poley Hughes, J, fc* Singleton and W. H. Lawrimorc, *nd perhaps others, stating in substance that their cattle must be r*?\ady for dipping at the W. J. Hen'dricks vat from 7:30 to 9:00 A. M on April 8th. These farmers, and other fanner: in that community, numbering about . one hundred, are still determined t< contest the law in the Courts an* they had retained counsel by last Friday to represent them in this suatter. W. H. La\yrimore heweve: one of the farmers who was servci "with the notice, was in Conway th< part of the week and said that h< would not be concerned in the liti gation because he had a vat on hi: own land and he intended to dip his own cattle there whether anybodj -else did or not provided the medicine was provided and a man to at tend to the dipping, as this woul< he very little trouble to him. Be aides the Lawrimore vat there ar< -f-?1 T1 oia uui &ti iUlIOWS: A R. Single ton, J. H. Singleton, J. A Calhoun, Artie Skipper, H. C. Can Hon ai^JLW. W. Hucks. The six vat are Ideated on the farms of thes< people. One argument used by these far titers is to the effect that the onl; apparent reason for dipping the cat tie in that community is a state ir.ent made by Dr. Hedley that th cattle of Dock Singleton, and Ital; Johnson, and perhaps one othei Kere not dipped last year and heme Wiey are supposed to be still infect ed and the other cattle in the neigh borhood exposed to them. On th tjther hand, it is -stated that H. N Sessions stated that the record boo! kept by the Inspector last yea shows that the cattle of Dock Singl ton and Italy Johnson wore dippe likqf-ttie others; so there appears t ,be something wrong somewhere a > -^Iheee farmers look at it. Anothe argument advanced by them is tha as the stock law goes into effec next Janaury, they will have t > keep their cattle up after that an there could he enough damac done by these ticks this-summer t Vffset the expense of dipping: th battle even allowing that there ar ticks* which some of the farmer eve ready to dispute. The matter i Ir.tqrcnling because of the fact tha a largi neighborhood of farmers ar concerned. It would appear that a of thnjherds that were served b tl csi^!Wen dipping vats must be r< quired to go through with the dij ping this season on account pf a alleged default last .year on the pai cf Dock Singleton and Italy Johr on and perhaps some cattle on th .; 4 , % * Si *x e* v v _ Oft _a_ ' > ' * * (The columbtansplan peanut oil mill Work has begun upon the plant of the Columbia Pca/.ut Oil mill to be located upon a five aiul a hale a re tiact .south oi' the city near the failgrounds. Machinery for the mill ha > ahead * been contracted for and the w. rk of construction of the building is ex minted to l?r? hnirnn imnmrlinlf !> ttn> I ? O"" V"*. riill to be open probably in July should the work advance according 'o schedule . .1 13. Montgomery place. Those farmers who have expressed an opinion about it, among those who have become familiar with the facts, say that there should be some way found to avoid the dipping of these cattle this season as the time lost by the farmers from nether crops in dipping their cattle will amount to a great deal in the course of a summer. The notice served on the farmers reads as follows. VETERINARY DIVISION Clcmson Agricultural College Notice to Disinfect Cattle Mr. W. J. Hendrix, notice served 413720, County of Horry, postoffice Conway, S* C. You are hereby officially notified , that the cattle which you own, , possess or control, and which are lo; cated on premises of W. J. Hendrix | and others are infested with or are 1 exposed to cattle fever ticks (Mar; garopus Annulatus), which convey . the infection of a communicable disi ease known as Tick, Texas or Splenetic Fever. You are hereby notified to disinfect all cattle you own, possess or control kept on the above . described premises, - or have same > d'sinfected seven days from the ser. vice of this notice, fourteen days f 1 rvm fV?n corvinA n f fliic nnf!?? v?*v MV* T ?W VX VI HO I&W1VU) Ollll every fourteen days thereafter until i you; are officially notified by mc 01 some other authorized Live StocV > Inspector of this state, that it is nc 1 longer necessary to disinfect yout t cattle. } These cattle must be disinfected hy dipping at W. J. Hendrix vat \ from 7.80 to 9:00 o'clock A. M. April 3 8 1920, covering every: portion oi 3 (heir bodies with the Standard Ai. s^nical Solution. ^ Your attention is directed to the * Amended Act of 1912, approver j March 12, 1918, providing for the _ pioper disinfection of live stock in . fested or infected with or expose* 1 to the carrier or carriers of infec _ tious, contagious or commun:cabl< q diseases. This Act gives the Stat< Veterinarian, or any Live Stock In spcctor appointed by him, authority _ to give written notice to any person s fiim or corporation owning, possess B ing or controlling any live stocl which may be found infested witl . or exposed to cattle fever ticks, t< y disinfect same or have same d'sin . fee ted within Ifive days from the sei _ vice <*f such notice, in the manner e method and at such times as th< y notice may specify. Any person firm or corporation neglecting o ,? refusing for five days from the ser ? vice of this notice to disinfect ani - rr?als in the manner specified in tlv e notice are guilty of a misdemeanor f. This Act provides a penalty of no k less than ten dollars nor more thai r one hundred dollars, or by imprison n rr.ent for not less than ten days no d more than thirty days in the count; o jail or upon the public works of th a county in which such offense occur4 Y ?H. N. SessionX Live Stock Inspector Appointed b t the State Veterinarian of Sout! o Carolina. d Following is a list of farmers wh r> me said to be located in the sectio o oi the County where the dipping ha e been ordered: c W. W. Hucks, J. R. Cook, J. M >3 Kucks, John B. Hucks, It. B. Glas s gow, W. J. Hanna, R. E. Johnsor .4. w T?* Tomoo T W U/\/l/?Ao T t |V A VI4H IVilj V? T? lii A.. e Register, B. R. Johnson,H. H. John 11 son, W. T>. Johnson, H. B. Johnsor y P. W. Skipper, J. L. Hodges, W. E ?- Johnson, C. H. Snowden, D. S. Cree > Sam Singleton, B. A. Skipper, E. I ,n Silnyleton, E. R. Singleton, N. I rt Hughes, Walter Ho.lges, Waltc i- Bruton, J. p. Hendrick, W. P. Iler ie drick, j. H. Hendrick, J. W. Hughe, ' ? \v ,ir iimx CONWAY, 3. O , THOKSDAYI FARMERS UNEASY ABOUT DELIVERY Another Car of Fertilizers Ar- F rived Last Week Without Soda However. The slow way in which the rail- < roads and fertilizer companies have teen handling the fertilizer orders this Spring has been the cause of much recent uneasiness among the planters of this section. ' Another car load of fertilizers arrived in Conway last week an I fnom this car a number of farmers were supplied with the exception of the soda they had ordered 5as none of the soda was included in this la^t shipment. The fertilizer companies have t been bothered by shortage of labor . and strikes in different parts of the country. They have done and still are doing all that they can to get [ the orders filled. 1 BOYS'WWINNERS MEET FOR AWARDS: * Clemson College.?The nine win- '> r.ers of the prizes in Boys' .Club 1 Work for 1919 are to meet in Spar- 1 tanburg, April 22, as guests of the Chamber of Commoner* of that citv. 1 upon the occasion of awarding the prizes for 1919 Boys' Club Work. Arrangements have just been completed for the event by L. L. Baner, Supervising Agent of Boys Club Work, who is enthusiastic over tho liberal plans made with the Spartan burg Chamber for entertaining these i outstanding junior farmers. I The prize winners and the county I agents under whom they won are to ' be entertained while in Spartanburg. : A special feature will be the ban> quet on the evening of April 22, at ' vhich the prizes will be aw aide 1. Provision foK railroad fare to and I from the meeting has been made, as , for several years past, by the liberal I ity of H. G. Hastings Seed Co., At? li nta, Ga. So the nine winners will be at no expense whatever for the tiip. i Besides the brief remarks to be I made by donors in presenting prizes, i there will be two noteworthy address - e? made at the meeting, those by 1 Mr. I. W. Hill, Washington, D. C., - Assistant In Charge Boys' Club s Work in the South, and Mr. C. A. s Cobb, Atlanta, Editor Southern Ru ralist, formerly State Boys' Club r Agent of Mississippi. There will be , present also many prominent agri cultural workers and educators from j c the Carolinas and Georgia to help i do honor to the occasion. 3 O ; : PUN TO ENFORCE I NARCOTIC LAW r ???L. P. Fouche was appointed nar cotie agent in charge of South Caroe lina at a conference of narcotic \ agents of the Southern division held t in Richmond last week. The Suth-J n cm division is comprised of Virginia, - Tennessee, Kentucky, North Caroliv na and the conference was called by y S. R. Brame, supervising federal e rgent in charge. v. Narcotic agents for each of these states were appointed. Mr. Fouche y said these officers will conduct the li investigation.-, and enforcement of the Harrison narcotic act. Five men wi 1 0 he employed in South Carolina to enn f*.rce the narcotic law. R. O. Hendrick, D. Singleton, S. L. 1 Jordan, H. H. Todd, J. Ben Hucks, i- H. J. Cooper, L. L. Johnson, J. P. Cooper, Benj. F. Todd, R. B. Bra ton, 1 Kalpton Johnson, S. W. Tood, I. VV. i- Johnston, B. T. Johnston, A. L. Todd, 1. F. O. If end r irlr. F. O Tedd. W. .T. [. Hendrick, H. J. Jordan, William I Lewis, E. M. Johnson, J. J. Davis, 1 J. R. Singleton, W. A. oJncs, L. B. * Davis, J. Thomas Todd, W. E. Hy (V man, L. B. Hyman, H. H. Spencer, I* W. L. Barnhill, E. D. Johnston, A. s, M. Calhoun. t ?PRIL 8, 1920 STOCK LAW ACT 5 MUCH DISCUSSED "armers Flacc Blame on Senp ator and Representatives ? 11 in Legislature h < r c >LATE IS MADE u FOR 1920 PRIMARY U Some Farmers Bitterly Oppos* d 0 ed to Law and Hope to Get it Repealed. J' % i The general stock law passed at i he recent session of the Legislature, ;i VM1 which becomes effective in ^ Worry County on January 1st, 1921, continues to be a subject of great c interest and discussion among the i farmers of this County, the large i { fanners as well as the smaller ones. While there are numbers of farmers l who favor the law, there were many t who were bitterly opposed to it be- } fore the law was passed and are ( still bitter in their views. There } seems to be a disposition in some < quarters to place the blame upon A the Senator and Representatives ( from Horry County and they place > Ihis blame on these officers without \ taking time to study the conditions , and circumstances. The law goes into effect in Horry , County January 1st, 1921, perhaps , about two weeks before the next i sessions of the General Assembly , will convene. Regardless of the evident fact that it would be impossible to get another law passed changing the provisions of the present act, before the law goes into effect; still the people who are so bitterly opposed to the law, are saying that they will send to Columb'a next time a new Senator and new Representatives who will be pledged to repeal the law, or at least modify it. It is reported that the slate is already written, that they intend to send H. K. Cook as State Senator and Messrs. Jeremiah Smith and 1 Waterman Booth as Representatives As the law is already on the Statute Book, and the farmers must prepare to meet the change which it brings about by January 1921, it would seem hard to believe that any sensible farmers will hope to be able to get rid of the general stock law b> the passage of the new act, and a; least it will be very expensive to make so many changes. On the other hand it is extremely doubtful that the Legislature will allow such an act to be passed. As the law is now, it Is one of general operation, with exception of a vote provided for in Berkeley, Colleton, Jasper and Dorchester Counties, in which excepted Counties the law will not apply unless voted in. Nevertheless, the tendency in modern time is to pa s general laws and not make so many 1 exceptions. The Herald has obtained another copy of the act as it was finally passed, and it is here printed for the information of all: AN ACT To Prohibit Animals from Running' at Large Within This State. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of iS uth Carolina: That on and after | January 1st, 1921, it shall be unlawful for the owner or manager of any horse, mule, ass, jennet, swine, sheep, goat, or neat cattle of any description to wilfully permit the said animals or any of them or any | other domestic animal to run at large beyond the limits of his < wn lend or the land leased, occupied o controlled by him; Provided, hew pver, That the provisions of thi Act shall not apply to Berkeley, Co'lcton, Jasper and Dorchester counties unless a majority of tie qualified voters therein shall so declare in an election to be held at the same timer the primary election for 1920 is held and that at such election all qualifi ed electors shall be entitled to vote Provided further, That there shall be provided a box at each of the rail WOULD PRESERVE DISCHARGE PAPERS All ex-service men are advised to reserve their discharge papers a vi Iso to have them recorded in an or icial bulletin received by the state eadquarters of the American l.o ion irom Franklin D'Olicr, nat'onal c.ivmiander of the Lotion. Tlio bulliu follows: "Department adjutants are uiy,ed o imtiuct their department histcian on the advisability of all exes v i:c men offieiady recording their ischa:ge papers with the recorde f their county. "The desirability and importance f every member of the American .egion conforming with this mx . estion is evidenced by the m ny nstances in which claims arc being undo where the discharge paperr ire either lost or destroyed. "To provide for this emergency, he department historian should pake all necessary inquiries and btain full information incidental to ecording them from the office of he county recorder. "It would be well to bring to bear lpon the minds of our comrades hat the official form of discharge s an instrument that can not be luplicatcd, although it may be possible to obtain a form in lieu thereof; that although it may not be hel l vith any particular pride, there will :omc a time with increasing yearn when a considerable amount of sen:iment will center around the discharge paper. "In the state of Pennsylvania to;!ay the ex-service man is granted [certain benefits. As time goes on will linflnnlitnfllv Vin -fn ? + 1iai* v " t v?*ivtv/V?M J WV/ Jl ui vuv ? concessions made by the several states for the benefit of the m< n who served in the world war and their dependents, in which event, if it is impossible for any reason to produce the original discharge, a means of sufficient evidence wou'd he furnished for the claim through the record in the county recorder's office without either worry or trouble." cv MAN WITH "DUCKITIS" REJECTED BY MARINES Kansas City.?Because a thin mem bianeous filament connecting his tees made him web-footed, Frank F. Adams, of Witchita, thought he would make a splendid recruit for that semi-aquatic organization, the United States Marine Corps, and was kfcenly disappointed when rejected for enlistment here for that very reason. Now Adams believes that if Uncle Sam can't use a man-due fc, lie still has a mission in life, and is contemplating applying for a position as traffic "cop" in the city of unfixed leaks?Venice. The recruiting sergeant suggested that Adams acquire water on the knee and a floating kidney with his other accomplishments and then enter the Patagonian Navy. r> ? Many of our farmers near Conway have been smart this Spring and now have their lands in good p.-anting condition. Many hav planted their com crops already. voting precincts in said counties, and tickets prepared in conformity witl the preceding section, on whict shall be printed "For Stock Law and "Against Stock Law;" and if } majority so voting, vote for stoeV law the provisions of this Act shal be applicable in the county so voting, and if a majority shall b< "Against the Stock I*aw" this AC shall not apply and the provision; of this Act shall not be operativ< therein; Provided, That in the coun ties of Georgetown and Bo'iufor this Act shall go into effect on tin 1st day of November, 1920, and ii the counties of Colleton and Berke le> this Act shall go into effect 01 the 1st day of January, 1922. Section 2. Any owner, manager o j? rswn viumvmg- me provisions o Section 1 of this Act shall be sub jeet to a fine for each offense of no more than Twenty-five ($25.00) dol lers or be imprisoned for not mor than twenty-five days. Section S. That all Acts or pi.rt of Acts inconsistent with this Ac are hereby repealed. NO. 51. RETURNS TO SERVE OUT HIS SENTENCE Ex-Service Man Heeds Request of War Bride and Surrenders Self Pittsburgh?Heeding the request ol his war bride, an Engl'sh girl, that lie surrender himself to the pohce and serve the remainder of a I p mitentiary sentence which was interrupted by his e cape from the Rockvicw, Pa., prison, in August, 1917. Walter Press, a former resident of Butler county and Philadelphia, is in a cell at the Western Pen iteniiary at Wood's Run near here. Dress appeared at the penitentiary gate yesterday, informed the guard he was a fugitive and asked that he be allowed to enter. He told prison officials that shortly after his escape he enlisted in the army and was sent to England, where he married a native girl. He served in France, he said, and after the war came to the United States where his wife joined him. Mrs. Dress recently learned he was a fugitive from justice, he told authorities, and she urged him to surrender, saying she would go to vork and support herself until be returned from jail. The girl is nowresiding in San Diego, Cal., he said. ALLSBROOK SUBSCRIBERS DISAPPOINTED In former years the Horry Herald, v. as always delivered to its subscribers on all of the Allsbrook rural f)ee delivery routes on Thursday,, the day on which it was published. Recently Mr. Power W. Bethea, who was then Postmaster at Conway, notified the Herald that unless the papers were delivered in his office at or before five o'clock on Wednesda.N afternoons, that he would not have them distributed and sent off on the train until the afternoon train of the day after. The Herald could not understand his reason for making' this change in a practice which has been continued for a long number of years, and in fact no reasonable explanation was offered by him except that it was too much work to endeavor to do on that particular day after it was late in the evening. The Herald could not deliver the - papers that early on Wednesday afternoons, but had to continue to i place them in the Post Office, usually sometime between seven a?d eleven o'clock Wednesday nights. 1 he Post Office, however, acted ao 1 accordance with a notice that havl ! been given, and for sometime sub' scribers have not received this paper on those routes until Friday, the day after the publication of the paper. Several subscribers have been ad vised to write to Washington to see : if this rule cannot be changed in I some way, so that they can get the paper promptly. They are hoping that the new Postmaster, when he comes into office, will decide that it t i-s as easy to do this work on? time i as another and send the "paper out i as it used to be, ' o i The Conway "Band has moved from ; the hall over the Herald buildup I to the armory over the Town Hall. This band is now reported as brin* i veil organized and doing better t than ever before. 1 o ? - AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. There was an accident last week 1 when # the large Studebaker touring - car of Mr. Paul Smith, while being i driven along the public road nectr - Conway, ran across a ditch and i bumped into a stump; wherehy the occupants were severely shaken tip r and various injuries were sustained f by Messrs. Derrick Stalvey, Paul * Smith, and Misses Thompson and t Plexico, who were in the car at the time. Miss Thompson was driving * the .machine and it is said that wnue going at a good speed tno * steering gonr broke and cans?.! th > ' accident. The car was badly damaged.